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    Johnson's Brexit Dictionary: Or an A to Z of What Brexit Really Means
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    Johnson's Brexit Dictionary: Or an A to Z of What Brexit Really Means

    By Harry Eyres and George Myerson

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    A delightful and essential compendium of words, new, old or abused through Brexit.

    BLUNDER.

    To mistake grossly, to err very widely.

    'Someone had blundered' (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 'Charge of the Brexit Brigade')

    EUTHANASIA.

    An easy death. Strangulation by EU regulations, according to Brexiteers.

    'Brexit' seems to mean many things, but none of them is clear. Fortunately, help is at hand from Harry Eyres and George Myerson, who offer us pithy and incisive definitions of the key terms associated with this momentous process.

    From 'COCK-UP' to 'WRETCHED' via 'BUFFOON' and 'MAY', Johnson's Brexit Dictionary is a delightful, witty and essential compendium inspired by Dr Johnson's original, and updated for our turbulent times.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPushkin Press
    Release dateMar 29, 2018
    ISBN9781782274995
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    Johnson's Brexit Dictionary: Or an A to Z of What Brexit Really Means
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    Harry Eyres

    Harry Eyres has been a theatre critic, wine writer, poetry editor and is currently the author of the 'Slow Lane' column in the Financial Times. He is a poet and gives regular poetry readings at venues such as the Poetry Café in London, and has contributed to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. He is the author of a collection of poetry, Hotel Eliseo, and of the Beginner's Guide to Plato's The Republic, Wine Dynasties of Europe, The Viking Guide to Cabernet Sauvignon Wines and the Which? Wine Guide 1995/6. He lives in London.

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